
Before hosting Discovery's "Dirty Jobs," Mike Rowe had a program in San Francisco about folks on a mission -- mad scientists, eccentric collectors, devoted do-gooders -- called "Somebody's Gotta Do It." Now, CNN gives Rowe free rein to scour the country for people who, he says, "do what they do because of a weird mix of love, compulsion, obsession, dedication -- whatever it is. Those people have always interested me." The former series focused on the task, but this version spotlights the personality. Or, as he puts it: "More mission, less poop."

Mike Rowe revisits the site of a childhood school trip and gains a new appreciation for the story behind the national anthem of the United States of America.

Mike Rowe takes to the sky in Florida, piloting a hot air balloon and learning to hang glide; Mike learns about the history of hot air balloons, how they work and how they have changed since their first launch in 1783; Mike then takes an impromptu lesson in flying a hang glider at twenty-five hundred feet in the air.

Mike Rowe travels to Colorado to take a crash course on cattle driving.

Mike discovers drag racing, checks out a recycled airplane home, and spends an evening in a Treehouse Treesort.